Viking Warrior Helmets

As part of our Inquiry study we sent away to the National Library for books about Ancient Vikings.  After the children had spent about half an hour looking through them (I hope reading - but with the speed of the page turning I think they were just skimming over the words and focussing on the illustrations) they had found an article in one of the book about making a Viking Helmet.  We going to be adding some pictures and some of the children's thoughts about this over the next week.  We have started and the class thought it may be nice to share how we are making them.

Materials

• Newsprint
• Newspaper
• Glue (Wallpaper paste)
• Silver card board
• Paint (Bronze or Silver if possible)
• Split pins
• Ice cream container (get the children to write their names on it and it saves having to work out whose balloon belongs to which child).

Method

1. Blow up a balloon the same size as your head.
2. Paper mache the balloon - use glue to put small pieces of paper all over it.
3. Wait for it to dry and then add another layer of newpaper.
4. Wait for it to dry and then add a layer of newsprint (plain paper).
5. Trim around the bottom of the balloon to make a helmet shape.
6. Paint it bronze or silver and leave to dry.
7. To add to the helmet just use silver cardboard to create eye guard shapes, or go around the edges of the helmet with silver carboard.
8. Attach the strips of silver cardboard with the splitpins.

We will let you know how they turn out.  We are so excited about it!!
Room 7